Foundations Of Crypto Investigations
 

Beginner-Friendly & Refresher: Blockchain Basics, Manual & Automated Wallet & TX Investigation, Red Flag Recognition
What you'll learn
⚡ Understand how blockchain technology works, including key architectures and how they impact transparency and traceability
⚡ Distinguish between crypto asset types, including coins, tokens, stablecoins, and privacy coins, and assess their risk profiles
⚡ Analyze how funds move through intermediaries such as exchanges, OTC desks, payment processors, and mixers
⚡ Recognize and assess financial crime risks, including money laundering, fraud, sanctions evasion, and terrorism financing, differentiating between red flag and
⚡ Understand global compliance requirements, including KYC, KYT, AML frameworks, and the Travel Rule
⚡ Apply investigative techniques using on-chain analysis, OSINT, real-world scenarios, and data-driven tools to produce clear, defensible Suspicious Activity Repo
⚡ Leverage data-driven tools to enhance efficiency, uncover hidden connections, and support faster decision-making
Requirements
❗ No prior crypto knowledge needed! We start from the foundations, and build upwards.
Description
This course provides a structured foundation in crypto investigations, designed to help professionals understand how blockchain systems operate and how risk emerges across the digital asset ecosystem.
Through a combination of technical fundamentals, risk analysis, and practical use cases, you'll learn how to trace transactions, assess wallet behavior, and identify illicit activity using both on-chain data and off-chain intelligence.
Developed to reflect real-world compliance and investigative workflows, the course equips you with the skills to move from raw blockchain data to actionable insights, enabling confident, evidence-based decision-making in a rapidly evolving crypto landscape.
What you'll learn
✨ Understand how blockchain technology works, including key architectures and how they impact transparency and traceability
✨ Distinguish between crypto asset types, including coins, tokens, stablecoins, and privacy coins, and assess their risk profiles
✨ Identify and classify blockchain entities, wallets, and service providers, and understand how they operate on-chain
✨ Analyse how funds move through intermediaries such as exchanges, OTC desks, payment processors, and mixers
✨ Recognise and assess financial crime risks, including money laundering, fraud, sanctions evasion, and terrorism financing, differentiating between red flag and black flag level risks
✨ Understand global compliance requirements, including KYC, KYT, AML frameworks, and the Travel Rule
✨ Compare risk and compliance challenges across TradFi, CeFi, and DeFi environments
✨ Apply investigative techniques using on-chain analysis, OSINT, real-world scenarios, and data-driven tools to produce clear, defensible Suspicious Activity Reports
✨ Leverage data-driven tools to enhance efficiency, uncover hidden connections, and support faster decision-making
Who this course is for
⭐ Beginner Crypto Investigators
⭐ Crypto Enthusiasts curious to learn how to identify red flags on and off chain
⭐ Seasoned Compliance Officers and Digital Forensic Investigators looking for a re-fresh
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